Kirtan Desai
Coaching

Chop wood. Carry water.

Conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design.

About Me

I am a full-stack engineer, back-end engineer, and data leader with a passion for building and designing systems. I like building things that make a difference. From Micro-SaaS to enterprise software & platforms.

I have worn many hats in my career: Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Architect, Data Modeler, Application Architect, DBA, Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Head of Data, Engineering Manager, VP of data, and more.

Expertise

I enjoy building and leading products and projects, building and mentoring teams, and designing platforms. My expertise extends to technical program management, technical product management, data product development, and data product management.

I specialize in building data-intensive applications, implementing ETL/ELT/Streaming to various storage mechanisms, and working with different data models for analytical purposes.

I also enjoy building small apps for fun! Checkout myProjects.

Technologies

Primary Languages:

PythonGolangSQLReact/JS

Web Development:

NextJSTypeScriptTailwind CSSshadcn-uidaisy uichakra ui

Data Expertise

Data:

MySQL/PlanetScalePostgreSQL/Supabase/NeonMongoDBFirebaseDatabricksSnowflakeNetezzaVerticaOracleApache CassandraDB2TeradataMS SQL ServerFivetranAirflowdbtLookerTableauPowerBISupersetmetabaseredash

Data Distribution

KafkaRabbitMQPubSubKinesisAPIsDatafeeds (files)